drizza wrote:
KKK is pretty much obsolete right now. What your stating is something that happened in the past so I agree with ShroomInferno they can do w/e if they kill anyone they will go to jail.

PS: This is actually a copy of a past thread but reposted for the benefit of people who believe KKK is just a spent force. Now they appear in different forms.

A fair question to ask what is KKK or Ku Klux Klan., lets hear 2 sides According to wiki, Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic militant organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states, that are best known for advocating white supremacy and acting as terrorists while hidden behind conical masks and white robes. The KKK has a record of terrorism, violence, and lynching to intimidate and oppress African Americans, Jews, Roman Catholics and labor unions.

According to the KKK website or "The Knights Party" which they prefer to be called, their goal is a message of hope and deliverance to White Christian American,
1. Become the leader of the White racialist movement
2. Strive to become the representative and driving force behind the White Community
3. Organize and direct white people to a level of activism necessary to bring about a political victory.
4. long terms goals is to achieve political power in the United States

What would you do if you saw a member of the KKK?
1. Condemn any violent actions done by members of the KKK.
2. If you know anyone who is a KKK or affiliated member, be careful of approaching them when they are a group especially if you are not white, walk away and do not respond to racebaiting.
3. If possible, if they are approachable and willing to listen, listen to their concerns and alleviate their fears, more often there are members due to family related or they are afraid of certain race related issues (immigration, abortion), advise and get them back into society. (may not work for hardcore members), ignoring them or showing violence to them won't endear fringe members and will turn them more hardliners.

Sen. Robert Bryd a senior US senator, a former KKK member (controversial for speaking the word white 'Nigger' word 2001 in an interview but apologized) -

"I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds." - 1944, a letter to Sen. Theodore Bilbo

"I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized a thousand times... and I don't mind apologizing over and over again. I can't erase what happened." - 2005

PS: I am equally harsh on any supremacist group from the Black Panthers and KKK because despite the contrary message of peace and hope offered in their website, the type of unmoderated and racial stuff that was allowed to be discussed was ....

The KKK is a disgrace to american history but still they are interviewed by talk show hosts like they're good people. And they're still around, so we might aswell accept it and realize that the law protects minorities and if they don't hold up their side. Then we have the people to protect us as well.